Heat transfer: the movement of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object Radiation: energy transfer through empty space Convection: heat transfer by movement of a heated fluid Conduction: heat transfer by direct contact Density: how much mass in a volume of a substance Convection Current: flow which transfers heat without a fluid
1.2 Convection Currents and the Mantle
Vocabulary
Heat transfer: the movement of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object
Radiation: energy transfer through empty space Convection: heat transfer by movement of a heated fluid
Conduction: heat transfer by direct contact
Density: how much mass in a volume of a substance
Convection Current: flow which transfers heat without a fluid
Outline
Radiation
Conduction
Convection